Lessons
Class Introduction
12:55 2Photo Basics
04:03 3Basic Camera Controls
03:33 4Exposure Modes
20:29 5Top Deck Additional Features
05:29 6Exposure Bracketing
04:14 7Exposure Compensation Metering And Flash
18:50 8Viewfinder
12:31Live View And Movie Mode
23:52 10Autofocus Area
10:16 11Quick Menu
03:48 12Play Back
06:13 13Memory Cards
06:33 14Left And Right Of Camera Features
04:48 15Bottom And Front Of Camera Features
03:23 16Lenses
07:35 17Shooting Menu
10:45 18Lens Aberration Correction
04:31 19Multiple Exposure And Image Type
07:06 20ISO Speed Settings And Noise Reduction
10:22 21Mirror Lockup And Dust Delete Data
03:43 22External Speedlite Control And Anti Flicker
06:36 23AF Method Shutter And Metering
04:45 24Movie Menu
11:36 25AF Menu
23:09 26Playback Menu
07:43 27Setup Menu
24:13 28Custom Functions Menu Part 1
14:28 29Custom Functions Menu Part 2
19:48 30My Menu
05:04 31Camera Operation
09:47Lesson Info
Exposure Bracketing
All right, by pressing the mode button and that drive auto-focus button at exactly the same time and turning either the main dial or the quick control dial, you can activate the bracketing system on the camera. So let's look at what this does here. So, bracketing is where the camera will shoot a series of photos very quickly that you designate at different exposures or different settings. And this is done sometimes for HDR, High Dynamic Range photography, or done when you're not sure exactly what the correct exposure is so you wanna get a group of photos at a variety of settings. This is something that you would use in either program, time value, or aperture value. Now, there's a number of different controls that you can set up with this. You can chose the number frames two, three, five, or seven. And that can be adjusted in the menu system itself. You can chose the increment between the frames in third stop increments anywhere from one-third of a stop, which is not much, to three stop...
s which is quite a bit. A lot of times for my photography, if I need a bracket, I usually use it in one stop brackets. But to each his own, be a little bit different depending on what you're doing perhaps. Now you can also use this with exposure compensation. And so, let me do a quick little demo here with my camera, just to show you what this is like. And so what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna put the camera back in aperture priority mode which is my preferred mode when I'm doing a bracketing system. So, I'm gonna press both buttons up here on top, and I'm gonna turn the back dial and you can see, I'm setting my increments amount, increment amounts, and I can go all the way up to three stops. I'm gonna do a one stop bracket, so this is currently set at three photos, we could dive into the menu system and change it to two or five or seven, but we're gonna go with three right here. And if I wanna shoot three photos, I can shoot three photos right here. And I'm gonna make sure that my drive is on continuous high right now. So it just shoots through three of them, really quickly and then it stops. (shutter clicking) You can see that even though my finger's still down on the button it only fired three shots. And let's take a loot at those three shots. And we can see down here that this one is at plus one, minus one, and zero. And so, if we wanted to we could take this bracket, which it's still set at, and we can now use the exposure compensation and we can make the whole bracket darker or lighter. Let's do the whole bracket lighter. I'm gonna set the middle one one on two. So we're gonna shoot plus one, plus two and plus three. (shutter clicking) And we're working with slower shutter speeds there, so it sounded a little bit different. And so in this case, I got the plus two, plus one, and plus three settings here. And so this is a quick way to shoot a variety of pictures at different exposures. Now, if you want you can set it in the single shot mode. Let me, wrong dial there we go. So if I want, in this case here let's change the bracket. I'm gonna change it to an even bigger bracket. So this is two stop bracket here, and I can selectively choose (clicks) one shot, (clicks) another shot, there's the dark one (clicks) and there's the bright one there. And so looking back at those three images, we have our plus two, our minus two, and our normal exposure there. And so if you need a wide variety of exposures, this is a quick and easy system for doing that, and when I get this reset back to zero, it's turned off. And so you do have to press the two buttons, and turn the dial, either front or the back dial, on the camera to activate that system. So that is exposure bracketing. You can also change the bracketing sequence if you want. You'll notice that it shot the normal exposure first, and then I think it was the dark one, and then the light one. And if you don't like that, you'll be able to change that in the menu system, which I do recommend and I'll talk more about that at that point in the class.
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Ratings and Reviews
Fred Innamorato
John does a great job as usual. He provides so many visual aides and demonstrations which really helps you understand how to operate and set up your camera. His step by step explanation of the entire menu and each tab is excellent. In addition to his many photography tips and instructions. What an excellent class and a great value for all the detailed instructions provided. Much better than the manual you get in the box. Plus you get to watch this as many times as needed. I highly recommend this course and all of John's other classes.
Joe Berkeley
I quite enjoyed John's course on the 1DX mark ii. To be frank, I should have taken it 122,000 shots ago when I bought the camera. I learned quite a bit. There were only a few occasions when I thought my cranium could explode. But I walked away from the course with some great tips and in the grand scheme of things, the money I invest in education is always more valuable than the latest and greatest camera strap, lens, or bag. It will probably take a few months for all of the information to sink in but I'm feeling good about what I learned and the price I paid for it. All in all, a good value.
Ian Sherratt
Great video. Loved the clear explanations, great views and mixture of video and slides. Iāve read a lot of manuals and books on settings and use of various Canon cameras but this is the first time Iāve really understood the full range of functions.
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